Everyone is entitled to their opinions, and if they happen not to like Morgan Wallen's music, that's their right, but threatening to bomb his bar is a little too much.
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After having a few too many beers in Nashville's imaginatively named 'The Bar,' 26-year-old Reginald Smith left a note. Security received the receipt with the words "I have a bomb!! Don't be a hero SYBAU," written on it. Apparently, SYBAU is an acronym for shut your b---h a-- up.
Morgan Wallen's bar security obviously has to take the bomb threat seriously. They called the police and had them search the place. The man had already left, so he wasn't able to help them look. However, after a thorough search, they found nothing.
They linked the note back to Smith, and he was quickly tracked down. He was drinking at another bar just a few streets away. They promptly arrested him.
When asked what the meaning of the note was, he explained that it was just a drunken joke. There was never a bomb, and he had no intentions of blowing up Morgan Wallen's bar. But you can't get away with making a bomb threat.
For his threat, he was charged with felony false reporting of an emergency. His bail was set at $15,000. Basically, he was reprimanded for wasting police time and killing the vibes in the bar he had just left.
Controversial Morgan Wallen
Why he threatened to bomb Morgan Wallen's bar is still unknown. However, Wallen has made a bit of a fool of himself in the past. He had previously been arrested for throwing a chair from the roof of another bar. He had to serve a seven-day sentence in a drinking awareness course for his debauchery.
Much more seriously, over 400 radio stations in the US removed him from their playlists after a video emerged of Morgan Wallen using a racial slur. He spoke to TMZ about the incident and has apologised profusely. He understood that there was no excuse for his language. But some people don't forget that easily.
We all do stupid things while we're drunk. But threatening to bomb Morgan Wallen's bar is especially foolish.
